You are amazing that’s for sure… A reboot, a bit of chit chat and done we are with another loop on the stage…
Anyhow, we yet have to see if the new wind is really blowing.

And please, don’t talk about depth when I have probably years of heading on you on that theme…

!?! Mind you, LM and other stuff, He is awake!*

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while MLU is supposed among other things to enhance stealth.

For God sake, are you trying to make jokes?

*For all my Fr colleagues that need to [Ke]tch-up, here it is the shortest [s]ay

Et bien voilà. At last, someone speaking with his head on that side of the Channel*.

*Wonder how much bashing he will have to endure to say the least.

India Jaguar fighters face upgrade challenges

“Not only is the upgrade program slow, but the autopilots on the Jaguar aircraft are malfunctioning,” the IAF official said.

Furthermore, only 18 autopilot systems out of a required 108 could be integrated on Jaguar aircraft, according to a second Air Force official. India contracted the purchase of 35 autopilots from Thales of France on the Jaguar, which were received between December 2006 and January 2008.
Due to contractual restrictions, HAL could integrate only 18 out of the 35 autopilots up until March 2017.
And the autopilots installed on the aircraft are functioning at a suboptimal level because a vital component ― the Auto Pilot Electronic Unit, which maintains the flight path of the aircraft ― required repairs by Thales, which are expected to be completed in 7 to 26 months.

Source:
DefenseNews.com

Malaysia considers ‘several’ proposals to renew MH370 hunt

Newly-published satellite images – captured 15 days after the disappearance – might indicate the possibility of aircraft debris, and oceanic drift modelling has pointed to a potential alternative impact zone.
Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman says the new information will be included in its examination of proposals to resume the search.
“We remain to be guided as to how this [information] can be used to assist us in identifying the specific location of the aircraft,” he adds.

Source:
FlightGlobal.com

The Orion features an electro-impulse de-icing system and other innovative solutions enabling it to operate in “an extended area of climatic conditions

Quote:

The EIDI system uses electromagnetic coils underneath a rigid or semi-rigid icing-prone surface to produce an impulsive force sufficiently large to debond and expel the ice. A variation of the EIDI system has been commercialized by IDI with Cox & Company

(2007)

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The dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which has resulted in fighting over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, has resulted in the loss of life. […] It had been reported that an unmanned aircraft, including aircraft of the type that crash into their targets, was seen on the attack in Nagorno-Karabakh. In that case, the aircraft was a Harop model produced by Israel Aerospace Industries. In 2016, it was reported that a Harop hit a bus and killed seven Armenians.

Were they civilians?

Source (as above):
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.806579

Australia’s Tiger attack helicopters ‘unsafe’

The bulletin said “despite the missing information and considering a sudden failure, Airbus Helicopters (AH) declares a unsafe condition for all Tiger versions”.
“AH can neither identity the part, the failure of which would lead to the accident, nor the origin of the failure (design, manufacturing, maintenance). “Consequently AH is not in a position to propose a protective measure.”
[…]
Blades falling of the German helicopter mid flight have since been blamed as the possible cause of the crash that saw the aircraft plunge into the desert from a height of about 500m killing the two crew.

Edit:

statements from the German defence ministry indicate that the Tiger lost its main rotor blades after entering into a sudden steep descent.[…]It hit the ground around 10s later, and the wreckage was consumed by a post-impact fire.
[…]
Crash investigators have recovered the helicopter’s flight-data recorders, but both are heavily damaged and may be unable to be accessed

Source:
FlightGlobal.com

PS : Doesn’t someone around here with a hat feel a sudden burst of appetite? I might have some Piri piri sauce